Terri Crawford Hansen facts for kids
Terri Crawford Hansen is a journalist who writes mainly about nature and science. She focuses on issues that affect Native American communities and other Indigenous groups around the world. Terri is a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. She writes for YES! Magazine and Indian Country Today. She also shares her work with other news places like Earth Island Journal, High Country News, and PBS. Terri also runs her own online news project called Mother Earth Journal.
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Learning and Achievements
Terri Crawford Hansen went to Portland State University. While studying, she also worked at a newspaper called The Oregonian. She stopped working there in 1992.
She has received many special awards and fellowships for her journalism:
- In 2014, she was chosen as a Diverse Scholar Fellow by the National Association of Science Writers.
- Also in 2014, she was a Fellow with the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
- In 2010, she became a Climate Media Fellow with the Earth Journalism Network. This allowed her to report on an important United Nations Climate Summit (COP16) from Cancun, Mexico.
- She received fellowships from the National Press Foundation in 2009.
- She also got fellowships from the Association of Health Care Journalists in 2009 and 2010.
- In 2009, she received money from the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples. This helped her report on another UN Climate Summit (COP15) from Copenhagen, Denmark.
- She received a journalism grant from "Project Word" in 2008.
- In 1994, she was a Fellow of the Society of Environmental Journalists.
Books She Helped Write
Terri Crawford Hansen has helped write two books:
- Water in the 21st Century West, published by Oregon State University Press in 2008.
- The Encyclopedia of North American Indians, published by Marshall Cavendish Reference Books in 1997.
Groups She Belongs To
Terri Hansen is a member of several important journalism groups:
- Investigative Reporters and Editors
- Association of Health Care Journalists
- Native American Journalists Association
- Earth Journalism Network
- Society of Environmental Journalists
- Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers
As part of the Association of Health Care Journalists, she joined other journalists. They asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make health information easier for everyone to access.
Her Life
Terri Hansen was born and grew up in Portland, Oregon. Today, she lives on Whidbey Island, Washington. She has one daughter named Danielle Hansen.
Awards for Her Journalism
Terri Crawford Hansen has won many awards for her excellent journalism, especially for her environmental reporting:
- Native American Journalists Association 2018 Media Awards: First Place for reporting on the environment.
- Native American Journalists Association 2018 Media Awards: Second Place for environmental coverage.
- Native American Journalists Association 2017 Media Awards: First Place for "Best Environmental Coverage" in a daily or weekly newspaper.
- Native American Journalists Association 2014 Media Awards: Second Place for "Best Environmental News Story" for her article "Wisconsin ignored findings of scientists to rewrite mining laws" in Indian Country Today Media Network.
- Native American Journalists Association 2013 Media Awards: Second Place for "Best Environmental News Story" for her article "Toxics in Every Glass" in Indian Country Today Media Network.
- Native American Journalists Association 2011 Media Awards: "Best Environmental News Story" in a daily or weekly newspaper for her work in Indian Country Today Media Network.
- Native American Journalists Association 2011 Media Awards: "Best Feature Story" in a monthly magazine for her work in High Country News.
- Native American Journalists Association 2010 Media Awards: "Best Environmental Story" in a daily or weekly newspaper for her work in Indian Country Today Media Network.
- Native American Journalists Association 2008 Media Awards: "Best News Story" in a monthly magazine for her work in High Country News.
- Native American Journalists Association 2008 Media Awards: "Best Environmental News Story" in a daily or weekly newspaper for her work in Indian Country Today.
- The Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers: Writer of the Year for Prose in both 1996 and 1997.
- Native American Journalists Association 1997 Media Awards: "Honorable Mention, Best News Story".
- The Oregonian Publisher’s Award of Excellence in 1990.
